Garment collar lining shield



July 11, 1950 R. M. JOHNSON 2,514,646

` GARMENT COLLAR LINING SHIELD y Filed March 5, 1948 NVENTOR. WM p/Lwuw Bre/,m

Patented `uly 11, 1.950

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT COLLAR LINING SHIELD Ruth M. Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz.

Application March 5, 1948, Serial No. 13,135

1 Claim. 1

This invention pertains to garment collar lining shields.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a shield which may be easily attached to the inner face of a garment collar, and conform to the contour of the garment and the neck and shoulders of the wearer.

Another object is to provide a shield which may be tacked into the collar portion of a garment, made of light fabric and composed of an upper segmental shaped part adapted to conform to the inner face of the collar part of the garment and a lower arcuate shaped part Haring outward and downward therefrom and conforming to the upper portion of the back of the garment.

Still another object is to provide a shield of fabric shaped as above stated which, when attached to the inner face of the collar portion of a coat or dress garment will ride on the neck and shoulders of the wearer and prevent contact of the garment with exposed skin surfaces.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

I attain the foregoing objects by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my shield as attached to a garment collar with the position of the garment collar indicated by dotted lines;

Figure 2 is an elevational View of the shield when flattened out showing its general contour; and

Figure 3, a section taken on line 3 3, Figure 2.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the several views.

The shield 2 is made of pieces of light fabric sewed together as hereinbefore explained.

The upper or neck piece 3 is made oval or the shape of a convex lens. It is cut and folded on the bias, so that the warp and Woof of the fabric is at an angle of 45 degrees relative to its length. This provides a pliant upper edge fold 4 which is expansible along its length and will easily conform to the shape of the inside of the collar part of a garment. After folding, this piece has a semi-convex lens shaped outline. Its lower edges 5 are arcuate, and conform substantially to the contour of the inwardly curved upper edges 6 of shoulder piece 8.

This shoulder piece is composed of an outer layer III and an inner layer I2. Both layers have a substantially crescent shaped outline. The fabric of these parts is not cut on the bias but directly across the weave so that the Warp and Woof are substantially horizontal and vertical.

In forming the shield the neck piece is folded as above stated and the layers ID and I2 of the shoulder piece are laid under and over it with their upper edges Ii conforming to the lower edges 5 of the neck piece. These edges are then stitched thru forming the seam I4. The edges of the end portions I5 of the layers Ill and I2 are also sewed together forming seams I6 extending around to points II and I8. Between these points a gap 29 is provided. This composite structure is then turned inside out thru this gap, the material along the sewed seams and along fold 4 is pressed flat, and the gap 20 closed by stitching 2 I. Thereupon the shield 2 assumes the shape shown in Figure 2.

The shield 2 may then be tacked or basted, as at 25, into a coat or other garment indicated by dotted lines 23, as shown in Figure 1.

By the structure I have provided a neck piece 3 having a general bias fold and pliant structure which will hug the neck of the wearer and keep the garment collar from contact with the skin. The shoulder piece composed and stitched, as described, continues downward from the neck piece, flares outward slightly, and forms a support for the neck piece. The fact that the material forming the shoulder piece is not cut on the bias gives it a rm and definite support when used as described.

Having now fully described my invention and explained its use, I wish to be limited only by the following claim.

I claim:

A garment collar lining shield -comprising a semi-convex lens shaped neck part formed of a convex lens shaped piece of light fabric folded transversely of the curved edges on the bias to provide a folded top edge and outwardly arcuate bottom edges, and a crescent shaped shoulder piece formed of two layers of fabric with the concave edge disposed upward thereof and stitched to the bottom arcuate edges of said neck part.

RUTH M. JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 561,737 Stottmeister June 9, 1896 2,007,014 Greif July 2, 1935 2,137,107 Beebe Nov, 15, 1938 

